Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in China
China: Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets was 3.90 trillion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in China, 2015–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in China stood at 3.90 trillion. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in China peaked at 3.90 trillion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.30 trillion, in 2016.
China ranks 1st of 91 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3.61 trillion | — |
| 2016 | 3.30 trillion | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 3.42 trillion | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 3.35 trillion | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 3.39 trillion | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3.54 trillion | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 3.61 trillion | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 3.47 trillion | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 3.61 trillion | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 3.62 trillion | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 3.90 trillion | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.41 trillion | 3.30 trillion | 3.61 trillion | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.62 trillion | 3.47 trillion | 3.90 trillion | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
More financial sector data for China
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate -0.1486 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1258 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 1,743 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate -0.1047 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 1,778 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 3.29 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 1,946 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 1,944 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate 8.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in China?
- Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets in China was 3.90 trillion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3.90 trillion in 2025.
- What is the lowest official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.30 trillion in 2016.
- How does China rank for official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets?
- China ranks 1st out of 91 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Official Reserve Assets and Other Foreign Currency Assets (approximate market value), Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government exclud. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.